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Hagerty challenges Sanders to oppose ‘unlimited green card’ giveaway in budget bill

Sen. Bill Hagerty has challenged Sen. Bernard Sanders to live up to his claims of championing American workers by opposing budget plans to grant "unlimited" green cards for immigrant workers at Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google.

October 25, 2021

‘Worse than it has ever been’: Biden’s border wall gaps heighten dangers, scare off feds

President Biden's decision to halt border wall construction has left parts of Arizona so dangerous that the U.S. Forest Service has banned its employees from going there, according to a border rancher who grazes cattle on those lands.

October 25, 2021

DHS gave leniency to agents who made offensive Facebook posts

The Trump administration took steps to lessen punishment for Border Patrol agents who made offensive posts as part of a secret Facebook page, including canceling the firings of several employees who insulted members of Congress, according to results of a House investigation released Monday.

October 25, 2021

Biden migrant surge sets all-time record for most arrests at southern border

The Border Patrol set its all-time annual record for arrests along the southern border in fiscal 2021, according to new data that puts a grim exclamation point on President Biden's stewardship of the boundary.

October 22, 2021

192,001 migrants caught in September; border notches one of worst years on record

Homeland Security reported another 192,001 encounters with illegal immigrants on the southwestern border in September, topping off one of the worst fiscal years on record.

October 22, 2021

Feds spent record $6.8 trillion in fiscal 2021, deficit was $2.8 trillion

The federal government spend a staggering $6.8 trillion in fiscal year 2021 and borrowed about 40 cents on every $1, the Treasury Department announced Friday.

October 22, 2021

Biden admin. doubles estimate of Americans left behind in Afghanistan

Nearly 200 Americans left behind in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan following the August U.S. military withdrawal may still be trying to get out, the State Department said Friday, doubling its previous public count.

October 22, 2021

Lawsuit challenges hundreds of Fairfax County absentee ballot requests

Fairfax County insists it is following state election laws properly, denying the thrust of a new lawsuit this week that argued election officials have accepted hundreds of absentee and mail ballot requests that lacked the required last four digits of an applicant's Social Security number.

October 22, 2021

Illegal immigrants exempt from DOJ’s vaccine mandate at deportation hearings

The federal vaccine mandate will soon apply to Justice Department employees, contractors and visitors to its buildings. But one group it won't apply to is illegal immigrants showing up for their deportation case hearings.

October 20, 2021

Citizenship or else: Activists warn Dems over amnesty for illegal immigrants

As Democrats reach to finalize President Biden's budget, immigration activists are warning they will not be left behind, demanding that a clear pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants be part of the bill.

October 20, 2021

Republican congressman indicted on charges of lying to the FBI

Federal prosecutors announced an indictment Tuesday against Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, accusing the Republican congressman of lying to investigators probing a foreign contribution to his 2016 campaign.

October 19, 2021

Garland’s moves draw criticism after pledge to depoliticize DOJ

It hasn't taken long for Attorney General Merrick Garland to squander a reputation as a straight shooter.

October 19, 2021

DHS Secretary Mayorkas has COVID-19

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19.

October 19, 2021

Biden’s pick for border chief backs building more wall

President Biden's pick to lead the government's border agency told senators Tuesday that there are reasons to restart construction on the border wall, saying there are "some gaps" left by the new administration's halt.

October 19, 2021

Ted Cruz wants to ship illegal immigrants to Democratic states

Tired of having Texas bear the brunt of the border crisis, Sen. Ted Cruz is proposing a different idea: Ship newly arrived illegal immigrants to deep blue territories like New England or California, and see how they handle it.

October 19, 2021

52 terrorists heading toward U.S. blocked by Panama, congressman says

Panama has caught 52 people on terrorist watch lists who were en route to the U.S., a Republican congressman said in a new podcast Monday, citing a conversation with Panama's foreign minister.

October 18, 2021

Democrats’ spending bills cut ICE and border wall, pump money into environment and abortion

Senate Democrats unveiled nine spending bills Monday that would surge domestic spending, pumping money into environmental protections and eliminating guardrails against taxpayer money for abortions.

October 18, 2021

Haitians removed from Del Rio bridge camp say they suffered ‘racialized abuse’ by Border Patrol

Homeland Security is "infected" with anti-Black sentiment, a civil rights group complained Monday, saying that contributed to last month's horrific scene where thousands of Haitians erected an encampment on the U.S. banks of the Rio Grande.

October 18, 2021

Facebook users allowed to share advice, tips on crossing border illegally

Facebook has acknowledged it allows people to share information on how to immigrate illegally or be smuggled into the U.S., saying it crafted the policy to give them a shot at asylum and prevent them from relying on human traffickers.

October 17, 2021

Feds announce $1 million reward to disrupt immigrant smuggling network from Afghanistan, Pakistan

The federal government announced two $1 million awards for information leading to the arrest of Abid Ali Khan or for disrupting the immigrant smuggling network authorities say he oversees in moving people from Pakistan and Afghanistan into the U.S.

October 14, 2021